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Significant association of cadaveric dura mater grafting with subpial Aβ deposition and meningeal amyloid angiopathy

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This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Research Committee of Prion Disease and Slow Virus Infection; a Grant-in-Aid from the Research Committee of Surveillance and Infection Control of Prion Disease, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan; a Grant-in-Aid from the Research Committee of Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapies for Prion Disease and Slow Virus Infection, Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED); a Grant-in-Aid from the JSPS KAKENHI (26430060); a Grant-in-Aid from Scientific Research on Innovative Area (Comprehensive Brain Science Network) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan.

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Hamaguchi, T., Taniguchi, Y., Sakai, K. et al. Significant association of cadaveric dura mater grafting with subpial Aβ deposition and meningeal amyloid angiopathy. Acta Neuropathol 132, 313–315 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-016-1588-3

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